Call Me By Your Name-referencing single for months now, first giving us a brief, Rihanna-approved snippet back in July 2020 (listen below). Now, he’s finally shared the release date for the much-anticipated track, alongside new visuals posted to Twitter.
According to the new post, “Montero (Call Me By Your Name)” is set to arrive this month, on March 26. The accompanying artwork shows a take on Michelangelo’s fresco “The Creation of Adam”, featuring two nude illustrations of the “Old Town Road” rapper (tastefully covered by fluffy clouds and greenery).
Lil Nas X has previously built hype for the track in an advert aired during the Super Bowl, as well as another photo set posted to social media last month.
Bates reveals that many women who share their stories with the Everyday Sexism Project say that when they have reported an incident, they’ve been told “they’re overreacting, making a fuss about nothing, or should have taken it as a compliment”.
Rose Caldwell, the CEO of Plan International UK adds: “There is no UK law that fully criminalises public sexual harassment, leaving perpetrators to get away with it. As one girl told us, you can be fined for dropping litter in the UK, but not for harassing a woman or girl in public. This cannot be right.”
In November, a report by Plan International UK and Our Streets Now – the campaign to make public street harassment a crime – detailed how sexual harassment was holding girls back. The study revealed that 80 per cent of parents prohibited their daughters from doing certain things, due to the threat of harassment. Off the back of their findings, the organisations launched their collaborative #CrimeNotCompliment campaign, which calls for a clear law that makes all forms of public sexual harassment illegal.
While there’s no substitute for the magic of being in the actual presence of great artwork, the advent of COVID-19 has encouraged us to diversify the way we consume and experience art. As galleries, art institutions, and museums around the world have been forced to pivot towards digital exhibitions, it’s created opportunities for a greater number of people to access culture. A virtual exhibition has the scope for bringing together works of art that would otherwise be unlikely to ever inhabit the same space.
VOMA claims to be the world‘s first virtual museum, which opened its digital doors last year amid the pandemic. It aims to bring together seminal works of art from the world‘s most prestigious institutions, no matter the IRL location. Initially conceived by artist Stuart Semple as a means of democratising art by bringing masterpieces and work by new artists to a global audience, the museum welcomed visitors from over 50 countries and recorded half a million interactions within the first fortnight alone.
La Vita Nuova (sadly no Caroline Polachek this time).
Inspired by everything from 80s and 90s supermodels and Teyana Taylor to
Clueless’ Cher and Nomi Malone from
Showgirls, the collection stays true to the brand’s sexy, flamboyant aesthetic with a diverse set of looks, including dresses and jumpsuits with cutouts and exposed thongs, a cropped polo shirt with crystal buttons, and flowy neon green two-pieces.
Also featured in the film are Dian, Lediouck, Youngthumb, and ATM, as well as Nicola herself, who can be seen dancing against a highly stylised set of neon-lit and monochrome backdrops.
Take a look for yourself below.
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Among those joining the Dazed Magazine team is Bruce Usher, who has been appointed art director. Jack Mills has been promoted from print features editor to print editor.
Paris-based stylist and creative consultant Imruh Asha is fashion editor, while London-based Mischa Notcutt is casting director and London-based stylist Claudia Sinclair is fashion editor-at-large.